Keeping your cameras and lenses safe from humidity

[Phil_F_NM]

Do you have any references? I would expect that oxidation would be the biggest problem for lubricants.

Just experience as both a bike mechanic for a couple decades and 5 years as a meteorologist in the Navy. I'm sure something can be found but the vapor pressures of hydrocarbons are affected by the vapor pressure of the air. The fuel handlers on aircraft carriers need to know this information so they can reduce waste as well as mitigate fire hazards.
Lubricants, primarily organics, in cameras are usually lighter than JP fuel and so would be more volatile and outgas quicker.

Phil Forrest

 

[Rob-F]

I keep my gear in a locking metal four-drawer tool cabinet. I save the silica Gell packets from merchandise and pill bottles and scatter them in the drawers. The cabinet stays in the basement, which is air conditioned in summer and heated in winter. No problems in 16 years, so far.

 

[raid]

Hydrosorbent write me back after I asked whether I should replace my old unit with a new one. They say the old unit is safe to be used.